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Duterte ready to take 'emergency' COVID-19 vaccine to allay immunization mistrust: spokesman

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/12/07/20201203-duterte-drugs-destruction-cavite-mnib-21.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers a message in Trece Martires City, Cavite on Dec. 3, 2020. <em>Karl Norman Alonzo, Presidential Photo/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to be inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine to allay public fears over the drug&#x27;s safety, his spokesman said Monday. </p><p>Duterte, 75, belongs to the vulnerable sector who are at risk of suffering serious symptoms of COVID-19. He is &quot;the best communication tool,&quot; to demonstrate vaccine safety, said Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque. </p><p>&quot;Ang Presidente, hindi na makahintay,&quot; Roque said. </p><p>&quot;Gusto niyang talagang maturukan na siya nang mapakita sa buong bayan na ligtas at epektibo, ito po&#x27;y dumaan sa expert panel group ng pinakadalubhasang Pilipino at iyan po ay it comes with their highest endorsement,&quot; he told reporters. </p><p>(The President can&#x27;t wait. He wants to be vaccinated to show the country that it is safe and effective, it passed the expert panel group and it comes with their highest endorsement.)</p><p>The President last week allowed the emergency use of vaccines (EUA) for COVID-19. These vaccines should already be undergoing clinical trial for thousands of people abroad, said Roque. </p><p>Asked if the President would take a vaccine candidate during emergency use, he said, &quot;Yes. That is the impact of the Executive order on EUA.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Kung papayagan po ng FDA, I think po mangunguna ang Presidente. At nag-volunteer naman po s’ya. In fact, gustong-gusto na n’ya,&quot; he added. </p><p>(If the Food and Drug Administration will allow, I think the President will be first. And he has volunteered. In fact, he wants it badly.) </p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ofBzSgK1HtU?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>Vice President Leni Robredo over the weekend said she was okay with government officials getting the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine if this would encourage Filipinos to get inoculated. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/07/20/duque-doh-workers-willing-to-take-first-covid-19-vaccines-to-prove-safety ">Duque, DOH workers willing to take first COVID-19 vaccines to prove safety</a></li></ul><p>&quot;Nauna na po si Presidente magsabi na willing siya (The President was first to say he was willing). Let&#x27;s hope she can be a guinea pig,&quot; Roque said of Robredo. </p>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to be inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine to allay public fears over the drug's safety, his spokesman said Monday.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte is willing to be inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine to allay public fears over the drug's safety, his spokesman said Monday.

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Duterte ready to take 'emergency' COVID-19 vaccine to allay immunization mistrust: spokesman

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News

Published Dec 07, 2020 05:02 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 07, 2020 06:00 PM PHT

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